Strategic Board Games

Teaching board game strategies, such as checkers, chess, contraption building, force and motion sets, math games, brain quest, etc.

Who: 2nd-4th Grades

When: Tuesdays, Weekly

Contact: Lorie Young, LoYoung@dallasisd.org 

Coloring Club

Student exercise creativity while learning about colors and developing their fine motor skill.

Who: PreK-1st Grades

When: Monday, Bi-Weekly

Contact: Dawndra Barnes, dawbarnes@dallasisd.org

Adriana Diaz, adrdiaz@dallasisd.org

Math Club

Math Club is a group of people getting together to play with math. The group may play math games, create art with math, or practice puzzles or riddles that use math to find the solution.

Who: 3rd-5th Grades

When: Bi-Weekly, Thursdays

Contact: Cindy Diaz, cidiaz@dallasisd.org

Book Club

A book club is a reading group who read and talk about books. Students will engage in reading a variety of genres to foster a love of reading and build up reading skills.

Who: 5th Grade

When: Bi-Weekly, Tuesdays

Contact: Rocio Avila, rocavila@dallasisd.org

Outdoor Club

Students engage in outdoor activities and engage in the planning and implementation of games and events that take place outdoors!

Who: Kinder-1st Grade

When: Bi-Weekly, Mondays

Contact: Elizabeth Diaz-Velez, ediazvelez@dallasisd.org

Terri Morgan, tmorgan@dallasisd.org

Science Explorers!

Engage in activities and age-appropriate experiments to deepen a love and understanding of science! 

Who: 2nd-3rd Graders

When: Bi-Weekly, Mondays

Contact: Marta Varela, MARTFLORES@dallasisd.org 

Ashley Smith, ashleysmith2@dallasisd.org

Coding Club

Students learn computer science and coding, and participate in global coding events.

Who: 2nd-3rd Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Maribel Ortiz, MARIBORTIZ@dallasisd.org 

               Nancy Arteaga-Gonzalez, NARTEAGAGONZALEZ@dallasisd.org 

Gardening Club

Students learn about nature and plant life-cycles by engaging in gardening tasks that also beautify the campus. 

Who: 1st Grade

When: Bi-Weekly, Fridays

Contact: Lisa Tarantino, ltarantino@dallasisd.org

Elijah Salazar, esalazar@dallasisd.org

Animal Care Club

Students learn about the care and upbringing of various animals. They will explore career opportunities related to animals. Students will coordinate and participate in advocacy programs and material donations for area animal service agencies.

Who: 1st-2nd Graders

When: Bi-Weekly, Thursdays

Contact: Maribel Ortiz, maribortiz@dallasisd.org

Veronica Rojas, vrojas@dallasisd.org

Environment Explorers

Students learn about caring for the planet and participate in recycling projects that help them to understand the impact of consumption and waste in our world.

Who: PreK-1st Grades

When: Bi-Weekly, Fridays

Contact: Melissa Flanagin, mflanagin@dallasisd.org

Veronica Rojas, vrojas@dallasisd.org

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Students will be roleplaying a character they have created, working together to overcome fantasy creatures and daring adventures.

Who: 5th-8th Grades

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Jeromy Nelson, JENELSON@dallasisd.org 

Knitting Club

Students learn to knit. This club occurs in the morning, NOT after-school.

Who: 3rd-5th Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Jamie Nelson, JAMINELSON@dallasisd.org 

Asian Cultures Club

Students learn about other cultures through exploration of activities, foods, and traditions from around the Asian continent.

Who: 4th-8th Grades

When: Bi-Weekly, Mondays

Contact: Kiran Chaturvedi, kchaturvedi@dallasisd.org

Soo Mee Park, sopark@dallasisd.org 

Lego Club

A club to engage innovative thinkers in engineering design challenges, using Legos!

Who: PreK-3rd Grades

When: Tuesdays, Weekly

Contact: Allen Edwards, aedwardsii@dallasisd.org

Ashley Smith, ashleysmith2@dallasisd.org

Pride Excellence

This club is for LGBTQ+ students and allies to celebrate community and engage in Social Justice projects.

Who: 5th-8th Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Shelby Jackson, SHELJACKSON@dallasisd.org 

Science SEL

Students engage in activities that explore creativity through science, focusing on tactile experiments that help calm and focus the mind and allow students to build community.

Who: 6th-8th Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Heather Houston, hhouston@dallasisd.org

Songwriting Club

Available to students involved in a music class (Band, Piano, Orchestra), students will learn about popular music forms, harmonic progressions, instrumentation, and writing melodies and lyrics. Projects would include individuals writing their own music. Performances would be up to the individual. Recording and producing songs may be an option.

Who: 6th-8th Grades

When: Fridays, Weekly

Contact: Avinda DeSilva, ADESILVA@dallasisd.org 

Newspaper

Students will creating a monthly newspaper, writing articles and taking pictures about our school, our community and our world.

Who: 6th-8th Grades

When: Mondays, Bi-Weekly

Contact: Estefania Trejo, ESTREJO@dallasisd.org 

Student Council

Students try their hand at civics while supporting the campus through works of service and community building events.

Who: 4th-8th Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contacts: Allen Edwards, aedwardsii@dallasisd.org

Peju Okolo, aokubanjo@dallasisd.org 

Yearbook

Students create the yearbook for the school, while learning how to take and edit photos and videos and write journalistic articles.

Who: 6th-8th Grades

When: Thursdays, Weekly

Contact: Sam Guzman, SAMGUZMAN@dallasisd.org 

               Madison Groves, MADIGROVES@dallasisd.org